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Peripheral Vascular Disease Program

Most of us take the ability to walk for granted, but for people who experience leg pain, everyday activities such as walking the dog or picking up the mail can be difficult.

In Peripheral Vascular Disease, the arteries carrying blood to the legs are affected. As the PVD becomes more severe, not enough oxygen-rich blood reaches the legs and pain develops when walking. This painful condition is called intermittent claudication.

Risk factors

Risk factors for intermittent claudication include:

• smoking
• high cholesterol
• diabetes
• obesity
• high blood pressure
• increasing age
• heredity

Peripheral Vascular Disease Program at Rice

Located in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Facility on the second level of the Lakeland Health Center at Second Street and Trott Avenue, across from Rice Memorial Hospital

Sessions are offered two times a week. They consist of warm-up, exercise for 30 minutes, followed by a cool down. Participants will follow an individual exercise prescription established by the cardiac rehabilitation staff. Heart rates (pulse) are monitored by the participant with weight, exercise data, and progress notes recorded at each exercise session.

For more information contact:

Randy Kobienia, Exercise Physiologist, Adult Fitness
rkob@rice.willmar.mn.us
320.231.8770